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Name	Agnes Tromberg Meschulis Babicheva
Alternative Names	Agnes Tromberg Agnes Trombergs Agnes Meschulis Agnes Meschulis-Tromberg Agnes Babicevs Agnes Babitschew
Born	21 October, 1910 Pskov, Russia
Died	15 February, 1996 (aged 85) Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Cultural Heritage	Russian Latvian Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Passenger Ship *	Nea Hellas (1949) (passenger)
Occupation or Descriptor *	dance teacher (1949-1978) South Australia, Australia refugee (1949-1949) South Australia, Australia
Key Organisations *	Bonegilla Migrant hostel (Vic) (resident, 1949-1949) Association of Teachers of the Russian Method of Ballet (member, 1971-1982) Association of Teachers of the Russian Method of Ballet (president, 1971-1982)
Workplaces *	Agnes Babicheva School of Classical Ballet (owner) Les Ballets Contemporains (ballet mistress, 1949)

* Dates are approximate